York , Heslington, York YO10 5DD , UK
2 NickE. Barraclough
Prolonged exposure, or adaptation, to a stimulus in 1 modality can bias, but also enhance, perception of a subsequent stimulus presented ... might represent a mechanism by which
our perceptual system optimally calibrates itself to our
dynamic multimodal social environment.
Author note NickE. Barraclough, Department of Psychology,
University

We present a database of high-definition (HD) videos for the study of traits inferred from whole-body actions. Twenty-nine actors (19 female) were filmed performing different actions—walking, picking up a box, putting down a box, jumping, sitting down, and standing and acting—while conveying different traits, including four emotions (anger, fear, happiness, sadness), ...